Générargues
Générargues (French pronunciation: [ʒeneʁaʁɡ]; Occitan: Generargues) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France, around 10 km southwest of Alès.
Générargues | |
|---|---|
 Bambouseraie d'Anduze | |
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Location of Générargues | |
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| Coordinates: 44°04′58″N 3°59′03″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Alès |
| Canton | Alès-1 |
| Intercommunality | Alès Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Jacot[1] |
| Area 1 | 10.24 km2 (3.95 sq mi) |
| Population | 692 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30129 /30140 |
| Elevation | 128–420 m (420–1,378 ft) (avg. 152 m or 499 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Climate
Générargues has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Générargues is 14.2 °C (57.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,239.7 mm (48.81 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.6 °C (74.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.0 °C (42.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Générargues was 43.3 °C (109.9 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.0 °C (1.4 °F) on 4 February 1963.
| Climate data for Générargues (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1949−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
30.5 (86.9) |
37.0 (98.6) |
43.3 (109.9) |
41.0 (105.8) |
42.1 (107.8) |
37.2 (99.0) |
32.9 (91.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
43.3 (109.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
11.5 (52.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.9 (62.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
14.8 (58.6) |
9.8 (49.6) |
6.5 (43.7) |
14.2 (57.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) |
0.7 (33.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
6.4 (43.5) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
4.7 (40.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.0 (6.8) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 99.0 (3.90) |
70.4 (2.77) |
91.8 (3.61) |
99.8 (3.93) |
101.5 (4.00) |
49.1 (1.93) |
41.0 (1.61) |
56.1 (2.21) |
171.7 (6.76) |
178.2 (7.02) |
162.3 (6.39) |
118.8 (4.68) |
1,239.7 (48.81) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 82.1 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1793 | 648 | — |
| 1821 | 650 | +0.3% |
| 1846 | 642 | −1.2% |
| 1872 | 603 | −6.1% |
| 1901 | 507 | −15.9% |
| 1926 | 448 | −11.6% |
| 1946 | 370 | −17.4% |
| 1962 | 380 | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 377 | −0.8% |
| 1975 | 406 | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 491 | +20.9% |
| 1990 | 546 | +11.2% |
| 1999 | 639 | +17.0% |
| 2008 | 697 | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 711 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 704 | −1.0% |
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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